U+3116 "ㄖ" Bopomofo Letter R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㄖ
U+3116 "ㄖ" Bopomofo Letter R is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) writing system, primarily employed in Taiwanese Mandarin education and input methods to transcribe the pronunciation of Chinese characters. This specific character represents the initial consonant sound corresponding to the English "r" as in "red," but in standard Mandarin, it is pronounced closer to a voiced retroflex fricative (similar to the "r" in "run" but with the tongue curled back). It appears as a distinct letter in the Bopomofo syllabary, occupying its own position in the standard sequencing of initials, and is commonly paired with various vowel symbols to form complete syllables in phonetic notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3116 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Bopomofo Letter R |
| Block | Bopomofo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㄖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㄖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x84 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3116 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003116 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3116 |